Amazing Grace
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Veteran black comedienne Jackie "Mobs" Mabley is featured in her first (and last) starring vehicle, Amazing Grace. Essentially playing herself, Mabley portrays a feisty ghetto dweller who champions the cause of ex-convict Moses Gunn. With the old lady's help, Gunn is elected mayor, then proceeds to clean up his corruption-ridden administration. Amazing Gracealso includes appearances by Slappy White, Butterfly McQueen and Stepin Fetchit. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
Gary Bolling - William; Rosalind Cash - Creola Waters; Stepin Fetchit - Cousin Lincoln; Moses Gunn - Welton J. Walters; James Karen - Annenberg; Moms Mabley - Grace; Butterfly McQueen - Clarine; George Lee Miles - Strokes; Dolph Sweet - Mayor Scott; Slappy White - Forthwith WilsonCredit
Robert Wightman - Art Director, Joshua J. Shapiro - First Assistant Director, Stan Lathan - Director, Paul L. Evans - Editor, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - Composer (Music Score), Edward R. Brown - Cinematographer, Sol Negrin - Cinematographer, Matt Robinson - Producer, Richard Nelson - Set Designer, Matt Robinson - Screenwriter| Amazing Earth (2001 Film), Amazing Bunjee Venture (1984 Film) | |
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Amazing Grace (1974 film)
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.jpg) Theatrical poster to Amazing Grace (1974) |
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| Directed by | Stan Lathan |
| Written by | Matt Robinson |
| Starring | Moms Mabley Slappy White Rosalind Cash Moses Gunn |
| Release date(s) | August 30, 1974 |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Amazing Grace is a 1974 light comedy featuring black comedienne Moms Mabley as a widow who tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to further his own reelection efforts. Mabley appeared in the film, along with veteran actors Butterfly McQueen and Stepin Fetchit, only a year before her death at the age of 81. The film does not deal with the popular Christian hymn (with words by John Newton) but is a play on Mabley's character, who happens to be named Grace. It has been released on home video.
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